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JSON

The JSON data type stores JSON data efficiently in a binary format and allows access to its internal fields through JSON functions.

By default, it supports up to 1048576 bytes (1MB), and can be increased up to 2147483643 bytes (2GB). This can be adjusted via the string_type_length_soft_limit_bytes configuration.

Compared to storing JSON strings in a regular STRING type, the JSON type has two main advantages:

  1. JSON format validation during data insertion.
  2. More efficient binary storage format, enabling faster access to JSON internal fields using functions like json_extract, compared to get_json_xx functions.

Note: In version 1.2.x, the JSON type was named JSONB. To maintain compatibility with MySQL, it was renamed to JSON starting from version 2.0.0. Older tables can still use the previous name.

Syntax

Definition:

json_column_name JSON

Insertion:

  • Using INSERT INTO VALUES with the format as a string surrounded by quotes. For example:
INSERT INTO table_name(id, json_column_name) VALUES (1, '{"k1": "100"}')
  • For STREAM LOAD, the format for the corresponding column is a string without additional quotes. For example:
12	{"k1":"v31", "k2": 300}
13 []
14 [123, 456]
  • When the all special character with '\' such as '\r', '\t' appears in JSON, you need to use the replace function to replace "\" with "\\", for example, you need replace "\n" to "\\n"

Query:

  • Directly select the entire JSON column:
SELECT json_column_name FROM table_name;
  • Extract specific fields or other information from JSON using JSON functions. For example:
SELECT json_extract(json_column_name, '$.k1') FROM table_name;
  • The JSON type can be cast to and from integers, strings, BOOLEAN, ARRAY, and MAP. For example:
SELECT CAST('{"k1": "100"}' AS JSON);
SELECT CAST(json_column_name AS STRING) FROM table_name;
SELECT CAST(json_extract(json_column_name, '$.k1') AS INT) FROM table_name;
tip

The JSON type currently cannot be used for GROUP BY, ORDER BY, or comparison operations.

example

A tutorial for JSON datatype including create table, load data and query.

create database and table

CREATE DATABASE testdb;

USE testdb;

CREATE TABLE test_json (
id INT,
j JSON
)
DUPLICATE KEY(id)
DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(id) BUCKETS 10
PROPERTIES("replication_num" = "1");

Load data

stream load test_json.csv test data
  • there are 2 columns, the 1st column is id and the 2nd column is json string
  • there are 25 rows, the first 18 rows are valid json and the last 7 rows are invalid
1	\N
2 null
3 true
4 false
5 100
6 10000
7 1000000000
8 1152921504606846976
9 6.18
10 "abcd"
11 {}
12 {"k1":"v31", "k2": 300}
13 []
14 [123, 456]
15 ["abc", "def"]
16 [null, true, false, 100, 6.18, "abc"]
17 [{"k1":"v41", "k2": 400}, 1, "a", 3.14]
18 {"k1":"v31", "k2": 300, "a1": [{"k1":"v41", "k2": 400}, 1, "a", 3.14]}
19 ''
20 'abc'
21 abc
22 100x
23 6.a8
24 {x
25 [123, abc]
  • due to the 28% of rows is invalid,stream load with default configuration will fail with error message "too many filtered rows"
curl --location-trusted -u root: -T test_json.csv http://127.0.0.1:8840/api/testdb/test_json/_stream_load
{
"TxnId": 12019,
"Label": "744d9821-9c9f-43dc-bf3b-7ab048f14e32",
"TwoPhaseCommit": "false",
"Status": "Fail",
"Message": "too many filtered rows",
"NumberTotalRows": 25,
"NumberLoadedRows": 18,
"NumberFilteredRows": 7,
"NumberUnselectedRows": 0,
"LoadBytes": 380,
"LoadTimeMs": 48,
"BeginTxnTimeMs": 0,
"StreamLoadPutTimeMs": 1,
"ReadDataTimeMs": 0,
"WriteDataTimeMs": 45,
"CommitAndPublishTimeMs": 0,
"ErrorURL": "http://172.21.0.5:8840/api/_load_error_log?file=__shard_2/error_log_insert_stmt_95435c4bf5f156df-426735082a9296af_95435c4bf5f156df_426735082a9296af"
}
  • stream load will success after set header configuration 'max_filter_ratio: 0.3'
curl --location-trusted -u root: -H 'max_filter_ratio: 0.3' -T test_json.csv http://127.0.0.1:8840/api/testdb/test_json/_stream_load
{
"TxnId": 12017,
"Label": "f37a50c1-43e9-4f4e-a159-a3db6abe2579",
"TwoPhaseCommit": "false",
"Status": "Success",
"Message": "OK",
"NumberTotalRows": 25,
"NumberLoadedRows": 18,
"NumberFilteredRows": 7,
"NumberUnselectedRows": 0,
"LoadBytes": 380,
"LoadTimeMs": 68,
"BeginTxnTimeMs": 0,
"StreamLoadPutTimeMs": 2,
"ReadDataTimeMs": 0,
"WriteDataTimeMs": 45,
"CommitAndPublishTimeMs": 19,
"ErrorURL": "http://172.21.0.5:8840/api/_load_error_log?file=__shard_0/error_log_insert_stmt_a1463f98a7b15caf-c79399b920f5bfa3_a1463f98a7b15caf_c79399b920f5bfa3"
}
  • use SELECT to view the data loaded by stream load. The column with JSON type will be displayed as plain JSON string.
mysql> SELECT * FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| id | j |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL |
| 2 | null |
| 3 | true |
| 4 | false |
| 5 | 100 |
| 6 | 10000 |
| 7 | 1000000000 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 |
| 9 | 6.18 |
| 10 | "abcd" |
| 11 | {} |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} |
| 13 | [] |
| 14 | [123,456] |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
18 rows in set (0.03 sec)

write data using insert into
  • total rows increae from 18 to 19 after insert 1 row
mysql> INSERT INTO test_json VALUES(26, '{"k1":"v1", "k2": 200}');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)
{'label':'insert_4ece6769d1b42fd_ac9f25b3b8f3dc02', 'status':'VISIBLE', 'txnId':'12016'}

mysql> SELECT * FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| id | j |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL |
| 2 | null |
| 3 | true |
| 4 | false |
| 5 | 100 |
| 6 | 10000 |
| 7 | 1000000000 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 |
| 9 | 6.18 |
| 10 | "abcd" |
| 11 | {} |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} |
| 13 | [] |
| 14 | [123,456] |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)

Query

extract some filed from json by json_extract functions
  1. extract the whole json, '$' stands for root in json path
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | null |
| 3 | true | true |
| 4 | false | false |
| 5 | 100 | 100 |
| 6 | 10000 | 10000 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 1000000000 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | 1152921504606846976 |
| 9 | 6.18 | 6.18 |
| 10 | "abcd" | "abcd" |
| 11 | {} | {} |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} |
| 13 | [] | [] |
| 14 | [123,456] | [123,456] |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | ["abc","def"] |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)
  1. extract k1 field, return NULL if it does not exist
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract(j, '$.k1') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract(`j`, '$.k1') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | "v31" |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | "v31" |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | "v1" |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)
  1. extract element 0 of the top level array
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract(j, '$[0]') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract(`j`, '$[0]') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | NULL |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | 123 |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | "abc" |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | null |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | {"k1":"v41","k2":400} |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | NULL |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | NULL |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)
  1. extract a whole json array of name a1
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract(j, '$.a1') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract(`j`, '$.a1') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | NULL |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | NULL |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)
  1. extract nested field from an object in an array
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract(j, '$.a1[0]'), json_extract(j, '$.a1[0].k1') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract(`j`, '$.a1[0]') | json_extract(`j`, '$.a1[0].k1') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | NULL | NULL |
| 13 | [] | NULL | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | {"k1":"v41","k2":400} | "v41" |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | NULL | NULL |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)

  1. extract field with specific datatype
  • json_extract_string will extract field with string type,convert to string if the field is not string
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_string(j, '$') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_string(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | null |
| 3 | true | true |
| 4 | false | false |
| 5 | 100 | 100 |
| 6 | 10000 | 10000 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 1000000000 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | 1152921504606846976 |
| 9 | 6.18 | 6.18 |
| 10 | "abcd" | abcd |
| 11 | {} | {} |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} |
| 13 | [] | [] |
| 14 | [123,456] | [123,456] |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | ["abc","def"] |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_string(j, '$.k1') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_string(`j`, '$.k1') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | v31 |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | v31 |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | v1 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)

  • json_extract_int will extract field with int type,return NULL if the field is not int
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_int(j, '$') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_int(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | 100 |
| 6 | 10000 | 10000 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 1000000000 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | NULL |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | NULL |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | NULL |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_int(j, '$.k2') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_int(`j`, '$.k2') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | 300 |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | 300 |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | 200 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)
  • json_extract_bigint will extract field with bigint type,return NULL if the field is not bigint
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_bigint(j, '$') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_bigint(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | 100 |
| 6 | 10000 | 10000 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 1000000000 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | 1152921504606846976 |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | NULL |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | NULL |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | NULL |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_bigint(j, '$.k2') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_bigint(`j`, '$.k2') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | 300 |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | 300 |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | 200 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)

  • json_extract_double will extract field with double type,return NULL if the field is not double
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_double(j, '$') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_double(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | 100 |
| 6 | 10000 | 10000 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 1000000000 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | 1.152921504606847e+18 |
| 9 | 6.18 | 6.18 |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | NULL |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | NULL |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | NULL |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_double(j, '$.k2') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_double(`j`, '$.k2') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | 300 |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | 300 |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | 200 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)
  • json_extract_bool will extract field with boolean type,return NULL if the field is not boolean
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_bool(j, '$') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_bool(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | 1 |
| 4 | false | 0 |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | NULL |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | NULL |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | NULL |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_bool(j, '$[1]') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_bool(`j`, '$[1]') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | NULL |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | 1 |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | NULL |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | NULL |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.01 sec)
  • json_extract_isnull will extract field with json null type,return 1 if the field is json null , else 0
  • json null is different from SQL NULL. SQL NULL stands for no value for a field, but json null stands for an field with special value null.
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_extract_isnull(j, '$') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| id | j | json_extract_isnull(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | 1 |
| 3 | true | 0 |
| 4 | false | 0 |
| 5 | 100 | 0 |
| 6 | 10000 | 0 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 0 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | 0 |
| 9 | 6.18 | 0 |
| 10 | "abcd" | 0 |
| 11 | {} | 0 |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | 0 |
| 13 | [] | 0 |
| 14 | [123,456] | 0 |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | 0 |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | 0 |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | 0 |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | 0 |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | 0 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)

check if a field is existed in json by json_exists_path
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_exists_path(j, '$') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| id | j | json_exists_path(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | 1 |
| 3 | true | 1 |
| 4 | false | 1 |
| 5 | 100 | 1 |
| 6 | 10000 | 1 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 1 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | 1 |
| 9 | 6.18 | 1 |
| 10 | "abcd" | 1 |
| 11 | {} | 1 |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | 1 |
| 13 | [] | 1 |
| 14 | [123,456] | 1 |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | 1 |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | 1 |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | 1 |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | 1 |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | 1 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> SELECT id, j, json_exists_path(j, '$.k1') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| id | j | json_exists_path(`j`, '$.k1') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | 0 |
| 3 | true | 0 |
| 4 | false | 0 |
| 5 | 100 | 0 |
| 6 | 10000 | 0 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 0 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | 0 |
| 9 | 6.18 | 0 |
| 10 | "abcd" | 0 |
| 11 | {} | 0 |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | 1 |
| 13 | [] | 0 |
| 14 | [123,456] | 0 |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | 0 |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | 0 |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | 0 |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | 1 |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | 1 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> SELECT id, j, json_exists_path(j, '$[2]') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| id | j | json_exists_path(`j`, '$[2]') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | 0 |
| 3 | true | 0 |
| 4 | false | 0 |
| 5 | 100 | 0 |
| 6 | 10000 | 0 |
| 7 | 1000000000 | 0 |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | 0 |
| 9 | 6.18 | 0 |
| 10 | "abcd" | 0 |
| 11 | {} | 0 |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | 0 |
| 13 | [] | 0 |
| 14 | [123,456] | 0 |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | 0 |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | 1 |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | 1 |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | 0 |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | 0 |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)


get the datatype of a field in json by json_type
  • return the data type of the field specified by json path, NULL if not existed.
mysql> SELECT id, j, json_type(j, '$') FROM test_json ORDER BY id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+
| id | j | json_type(`j`, '$') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | null |
| 3 | true | bool |
| 4 | false | bool |
| 5 | 100 | int |
| 6 | 10000 | int |
| 7 | 1000000000 | int |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | bigint |
| 9 | 6.18 | double |
| 10 | "abcd" | string |
| 11 | {} | object |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | object |
| 13 | [] | array |
| 14 | [123,456] | array |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | array |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | array |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | array |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | object |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | object |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+
19 rows in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> select id, j, json_type(j, '$.k1') from test_json order by id;
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| id | j | json_type(`j`, '$.k1') |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | null | NULL |
| 3 | true | NULL |
| 4 | false | NULL |
| 5 | 100 | NULL |
| 6 | 10000 | NULL |
| 7 | 1000000000 | NULL |
| 8 | 1152921504606846976 | NULL |
| 9 | 6.18 | NULL |
| 10 | "abcd" | NULL |
| 11 | {} | NULL |
| 12 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300} | string |
| 13 | [] | NULL |
| 14 | [123,456] | NULL |
| 15 | ["abc","def"] | NULL |
| 16 | [null,true,false,100,6.18,"abc"] | NULL |
| 17 | [{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14] | NULL |
| 18 | {"k1":"v31","k2":300,"a1":[{"k1":"v41","k2":400},1,"a",3.14]} | string |
| 26 | {"k1":"v1","k2":200} | string |
+------+---------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
19 rows in set (0.03 sec)

keywords

JSONB, JSON, json_parse, json_parse_error_to_null, json_parse_error_to_value, json_extract, json_extract_isnull, json_extract_bool, json_extract_int, json_extract_bigint, json_extract_double, json_extract_string, json_exists_path, json_type